“There are no boring speech topics. Just boring speakers.” Oof! Did this feel like a punch to the gut if you speak on a “boring” topic? This is a long-standing saying in public speaking, and one I wholeheartedly agree with! There are people everywhere who speak on topics not typically thought of as riveting, and […]

A couple of days ago, I received this message: “I have a small presentation today and I am very, very nervous. If I mess up once, I get flustered and rush through the rest as fast as I can. I try to tell myself it’s gonna be over before I know it, but I’m still […]

I want to speak, but I don’t know what to talk about… I don’t have any interesting stories to use… I really don’t have any experiences others would be that interested in hearing about… All LIES!! Listen, you have SO much speech content inside of you that you’d be AMAZED. You don’t think you have […]